Tea at the White Heather Tea Room

This year, Ryan and I felt that Evelyn was old enough to go for tea with me. We decided to invite Evelyn's Auntie Dawne and her niece Mackenzie to come with us. Dawne ended up treating us to tea, though I intended to be the one treating.

The pink bolero sweater was a gift made for Evelyn by her Grandma.


Mackenzie and Evelyn met last summer and got along well. Throughout the year, Evelyn set aside some trading cards she had collected to give as a gift for Mackenzie. She was very excited to see her again, and go to tea, and go to Auntie Dawnes house for a sleepover with Mackenzie after. Mackenzie became a big sister the day of the tea. Her new stepmom had a little girl early that morning. The girls are almost the same age, but Mackenzie is quite petite, a trait inherited from both her parents.

Evelyn dressed up in a new dress that Ryan bought for her when he was in Phoenix last spring. She brought her china doll that was given to her by 'Nana Ruth' and put a bow in the dolls hair that matched her own.












The girls drank iced tea out of their china cups, while Dawne and I enjoyed a pot of Little Boy Blue herbal tea and Earl Grey, respectively. The food, as usual, was wonderful. The girls, however, ate little. I guess the presentation was too fancy for them-their loss!

After, we went for a short walk in Oak Bay, then picked up Ryan and Ethan downtown. They had their own little date while we were at tea. Ryan took Ethan on a Double Decker (Victoria Transit) bus, then they poked around town and looked in some comic book stores before ending up at the inner harbour to see the boats.